(Super)hydrophobic and multilayered amphiphilic films prepared by continuous assembly of polymers

SN Guntari; ACH Khin; EHH Wong; TK Goh; A Blencowe; F Caruso; GG Qiao

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(Super)hydrophobic and multilayered amphiphilic films prepared by continuous assembly of polymers

SN Guntari, ACH Khin, EHH Wong, TK Goh, A Blencowe, F Caruso, GG Qiao

Advanced Functional Materials | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201300768

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Abstract

The continuous assembly of polymers (CAP) is used to fabricate tailored nanocoatings on a wide variety of substrates. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) is used to mediate the CAP process (CAPROMP) to assemble specifically designed macromolecules into nanoengineered crosslinked films. Different films composed of single or multiple macromolecules are used to tune the surface wetting characteristics on various planar substrates, including porous substrates such as filter paper and cotton, and non-porous subtrates such as aluminium foil and glass. By judicious selection of the macromolecules, these substrates, which are hydrophilic in nature, can be rendered (super)hydrophobic. The r..

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The authors acknowledge the Australian Research Council under the Australian Laureate Fellowship (FF0776078, F. C.), Future Fellowship (FT110100411, G.G.Q.) and Discovery Project (DP1094147 and DP130101846, F.C., G.G.Q.) schemes for financial support of this work.